San Diego Lightweight Toy Hauler / Man Cave

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Re: San Diego Lightweight Toy Hauler / Man Cave

Postby flboy » Tue Sep 20, 2016 7:25 pm

PaulzOx wrote:Look at what showed up today!

Trim pieces... Time to make my trailer look sexy

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Very nice. Are those Aluminum or the PVC (faux) type? I'd like to use that also on the floorline but it gets pricey quick.
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Re: San Diego Lightweight Toy Hauler / Man Cave

Postby PaulzOx » Wed Sep 21, 2016 12:06 am

Don,

They are aluminum. The price was not to bad, got them for $115. It is still a good amount of money though. But I really wanted diamond plate trim.

Here are a couple of low quality pics (got dark) of what I got done today.

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Re: San Diego Lightweight Toy Hauler / Man Cave

Postby McDave » Wed Sep 21, 2016 2:23 am

Well now, those ARE Sexy. That's a lot of impact visually for 100 bucks. I'm impressed...Supplier?

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Re: San Diego Lightweight Toy Hauler / Man Cave

Postby PaulzOx » Wed Sep 21, 2016 7:37 am

McDave wrote:Well now, those ARE Sexy. That's a lot of impact visually for 100 bucks. I'm impressed...Supplier?

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Dave,

I googled diamond plate crown molding and found this site https://www.tread-ware.com/Catalog?cate ... wn_Molding I thought the prices were reasonable so I got them there. There might be other sites with cheaper prices.


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Re: San Diego Lightweight Toy Hauler / Man Cave

Postby flboy » Wed Sep 21, 2016 8:16 am

Thanks Paul. They have great prices from what I can see. I may reconsider and go with the diamond plate trim. Yours looks great.

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YouTube Video of Finished 6x12 Trailer:
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Re: San Diego Lightweight Toy Hauler / Man Cave

Postby Id10t » Wed Sep 21, 2016 8:21 am

PaulzOx wrote:
McDave wrote:Well now, those ARE Sexy. That's a lot of impact visually for 100 bucks. I'm impressed...Supplier?

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Dave,

I googled diamond plate crown molding and found this site https://www.tread-ware.com/Catalog?cate ... wn_Molding I thought the prices were reasonable so I got them there. There might be other sites with cheaper prices.


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Thanks for that link. Their pricing is great compared to what the trailer companies want for upgrades.
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Re: San Diego Lightweight Toy Hauler / Man Cave

Postby rebapuck » Wed Sep 21, 2016 9:24 am

Great solution with the cabinet doors. I think you will be happier without the center stile. Having one would make larger items difficult to place inside.
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Re: San Diego Lightweight Toy Hauler / Man Cave

Postby funengineer » Thu Sep 22, 2016 6:25 pm

Tread-Ware has great prices compared to others. Thanks for the link. If anyone needs larger sizes or custom pieces check out diamondlifegear.com.
Pricey stuff.


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Re: San Diego Lightweight Toy Hauler / Man Cave

Postby PaulzOx » Fri Sep 23, 2016 12:32 pm

rebapuck wrote:Great solution with the cabinet doors. I think you will be happier without the center stile. Having one would make larger items difficult to place inside.


Yes I agree, having an open center makes it easier to put larger items in. I am contemplating installing a shelf in there also... Decisions decisions!


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Re: San Diego Lightweight Toy Hauler / Man Cave

Postby flboy » Fri Sep 23, 2016 1:04 pm

I am not putting shelfs in my cabinets, but rather I am buying some cheaper stackable bins with drawers from Walmart which can be bought in various sizes. I can then configure and reconfigure as needed or remove altogether if I have need to install a larger item. Just and idea.

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Re: San Diego Lightweight Toy Hauler / Man Cave

Postby PaulzOx » Sat Sep 24, 2016 11:10 am

flboy wrote:I am not putting shelfs in my cabinets, but rather I am buying some cheaper stackable bins with drawers from Walmart which can be bought in various sizes. I can then configure and reconfigure as needed or remove altogether if I have need to install a larger item. Just and idea.

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Thanks for the input, I like your idea. I may have to barrow that one.


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San Diego Lightweight Toy Hauler / Man Cave

Postby PaulzOx » Sat Sep 24, 2016 11:13 am

I made more progress on the trim yesterday. I only have to figure out the two pieces for the vee, they have weird angles.

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I am going take a break from the angle brain hurt today and start on my beds.


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Re: San Diego Lightweight Toy Hauler / Man Cave

Postby McDave » Sat Sep 24, 2016 12:35 pm

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Re: San Diego Lightweight Toy Hauler / Man Cave

Postby hankaye » Sat Sep 24, 2016 4:24 pm

PaulzOx, Howdy;

Better still, you'll need to do the angles and using the sine and cosine formulas find those.
http://www.calculator.net/triangle-calculator.html
You're a smart guy and I sure you already knew that but it might help someone else latter
on down the line.
If you're like me I just grab the nearest teenager or Millennial and have them do the math
on their "devise". I do know the 3', 4', 5' rule when squaring the corner of a building ... :D

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Re: San Diego Lightweight Toy Hauler / Man Cave

Postby PaulzOx » Sat Sep 24, 2016 10:23 pm

Well I did not exactly take a break from the angles but I did figure them out. I first tried the above suggestions and I did get a correct angle then I started BS'ing with my neighbor and he said the orange box store had a cheap angle finder. Since I had to return some unused track anyway, I made a trip. Low and behold...

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This little $5 tool made it so simple. I did have to use a little math... Anyway here is how it turned out.

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I also made a little progress on my beds as well.

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